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Kingdom of Three #2.5
In Another Life
The not-quite-canon bonus epilogue that can be read after SOUND THE GONG, if one needs a happier ending. To access it, go to joanhewrites [dot] com [forward slash] stgbonus. The password is Crow's last four words to Zephyr, no punctuation, spaces, or capitals.
48 pages, ebook
Published April 30, 2024
About the author
Joan He
7 books8,056 followersJoan was born and raised in Philadelphia but still will, on occasion, lose her way. At a young age, she received classical instruction in oil painting before discovering that stories were her favorite kind of art. She studied psychology and Chinese history at the University of Pennsylvania and currently writes from a desk overlooking the city
waterfront. Descendant of the Crane is her young adult debut.
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waterfront. Descendant of the Crane is her young adult debut.
For updates, please sign up for her newsletter: http://eepurl.com/c5rvdL. For business related inquiries, please contact her literary agent, John Cusick of Folio Lit.
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September 12, 2024
Light falls onto a sheet of paper, resting atop another. Both are tucked away, yellowed with age, but the words remain as dark and bold as the heart that once wrote them.
May we meet in another life.
this novella alone was far better than both books combined in my opinion because i felt a plethora of emotions in such a short read. i don’t care if it’s “not quite canon” im still considering it a fully canon bonus epilogue and that writing was simply phenomenal. Joan He’s pen was on fire when she wrote this. the fact that
the prose solely being from crow’s POV made it all the more better. his yearning and longing was palpable throughout. i loved reading about zephyr from his perspective and goddamn, mans was so down bad for her from the beginning. it had me deep in my zephyrcrow feels - something i was dying to experience in the duology itself but didn’t really come close to. i also came to like crow’s character a lot more here because his personality and feelings really stood out.
i didn’t expect this novella to affect me as much as it did, wow. it crushed me and then made me whole again. zephyrcrow have finally taken up residence in my mind and i won’t be stop thinking about them for a while.
May 18, 2024
⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢୭ৎ⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢
( finished. ) 𓆩🍀𓆪 . . . 1 5 / 0 5 / 2 4 ! PEOPLE DIED AND ROMANCE PEAKED !!! ZEPHCROW MY RELIGION MY SAVIOUR !!! the amount of emotional anguish this caused me is incomprehensible, whether or not i should thank iris for telling me about this bonus will be determined... anyways #iamnotokay. joan he so casually writing a perfect story within 40 pages must be studied ??? JOAN HE U SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THIS EPILOGUE IN STG, i'm crying over what could have been ( 5★ ).
btw me holding the code to access this book makes me feel very powerful.
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⌗ ◌ 🍶𓂃 𓈒𓏸 pre-read
﹙started﹚ㅤ𓈒ㅤׂ 1 5 / 0 5 / 2 4 ⊹
omg i love authors that make little cute bonus epilogues and share them via google docs. it's so wholesome.
( finished. ) 𓆩🍀𓆪 . . . 1 5 / 0 5 / 2 4 ! PEOPLE DIED AND ROMANCE PEAKED !!! ZEPHCROW MY RELIGION MY SAVIOUR !!! the amount of emotional anguish this caused me is incomprehensible, whether or not i should thank iris for telling me about this bonus will be determined... anyways #iamnotokay. joan he so casually writing a perfect story within 40 pages must be studied ??? JOAN HE U SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THIS EPILOGUE IN STG, i'm crying over what could have been ( 5★ ).
btw me holding the code to access this book makes me feel very powerful.
⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢୭ৎ⌢⌢⌢⌢⌢
⌗ ◌ 🍶𓂃 𓈒𓏸 pre-read
﹙started﹚ㅤ𓈒ㅤׂ 1 5 / 0 5 / 2 4 ⊹
omg i love authors that make little cute bonus epilogues and share them via google docs. it's so wholesome.
April 26, 2024
I AM HEALEDDDDD
04/22/2024: i need this injected in my veins
04/22/2024: i need this injected in my veins
March 29, 2024
Okay, if yall like the ending for Sound the Gong....you may want to skip this bonus. I, personally, NEEDED this bonus epilogue 😍
Absolutely loved it! It healed the wounds from the way Joan He DESTROYED me during STG 🥹
A MUST for those of us who want a HEA and just for those of us who just want more Crow and Zephyr 🥰
Absolutely loved it! It healed the wounds from the way Joan He DESTROYED me during STG 🥹
A MUST for those of us who want a HEA and just for those of us who just want more Crow and Zephyr 🥰
May 1, 2024
who needs therapy when you have author-endorsed fanservice 🥹
May 22, 2024
i feel so privileged that i had the chance to read this but at the same time i wish i never opened this ever
June 21, 2024
“May we meet in another life”
this healed my heart😭😭
this healed my heart😭😭
September 7, 2024
Ah yes, a little balm for the trauma. Very demure. Very mindful of my mental health.
July 5, 2024
i love it when the author gave us a fanfic for her own work 😍
March 30, 2024
amazing, show stopping, spectacular
March 30, 2024
joan he the absolute legend that you are (i love you!)
April 6, 2024
“As strategists, they sparked bright against each other in their attempts to win it all—only to very nearly destroy it all in a firestorm of their creation.”
“He wanted, wants, will always want their matches to last a little longer.”
I love Joan He’s writing, and the fact that she essentially wrote a fanfic about her own duology, through the form of a bonus epilogue, delights me to no end! This “not-quite-canon” story is so sweet, amusing, and it has so many lines that perfectly sum of Zephyr and Crow from Strike the Zither and Sound the Gong.
If you’ve read the books, I definitely recommend devouring this bonus content!
“He wanted, wants, will always want their matches to last a little longer.”
I love Joan He’s writing, and the fact that she essentially wrote a fanfic about her own duology, through the form of a bonus epilogue, delights me to no end! This “not-quite-canon” story is so sweet, amusing, and it has so many lines that perfectly sum of Zephyr and Crow from Strike the Zither and Sound the Gong.
If you’ve read the books, I definitely recommend devouring this bonus content!
May 23, 2024
Hi I’m crying again
May 16, 2024
“May we meet in another life”
ENDING IT ALL I AM ENDING IT ALL! THE ANGST! THE PARALLELS! THE ANNOTATIONS JOAN HE PUT IN THE DOC! SOBBING! THIS IS REAL TO ME THIS IS CANON TO ME!! ｡°(°.◜ᯅ◝°)°｡
(joan he will not be paying for my therapy because she shattered me and then put me back together in 45 pages)
ENDING IT ALL I AM ENDING IT ALL! THE ANGST! THE PARALLELS! THE ANNOTATIONS JOAN HE PUT IN THE DOC! SOBBING! THIS IS REAL TO ME THIS IS CANON TO ME!! ｡°(°.◜ᯅ◝°)°｡
(joan he will not be paying for my therapy because she shattered me and then put me back together in 45 pages)
April 30, 2024
Joan 😭😭 thank you for writing CrowZephyr fluff!!! It was everything I hoped for!
March 29, 2024
So I wanted to read this book immediately after finishing Sound the Gong, but found that I needed some time to recover after THAT ending.
Before reading this there is an author note explaining that this is a bonus and not quite canon and that explanation really makes sense to me. It just depends on what kind of endings you prefer in books.
I loved reading about this alternate possibility. It was light, cute and happy. A vast difference from the original series, so I can see how that might not be for everyone who enjoyed the books as they are. Is it selfish to hope that is the case, so I can secure a copy of this book? Haha
Before reading this there is an author note explaining that this is a bonus and not quite canon and that explanation really makes sense to me. It just depends on what kind of endings you prefer in books.
I loved reading about this alternate possibility. It was light, cute and happy. A vast difference from the original series, so I can see how that might not be for everyone who enjoyed the books as they are. Is it selfish to hope that is the case, so I can secure a copy of this book? Haha
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 3, 2024
STOPPP, this made me weep 😭😭💗💗
This is canon, I will not accept anything else!!
This is canon, I will not accept anything else!!
April 9, 2024
i don't care i am considering this canon fight me
April 10, 2024
IT'S CANON TO ME!
May 5, 2024
never mind. not traumatized anymore. if only all authors could write stories like this.
May 25, 2024
this epilogue puts me in the frame of mind of the child in the (possibly apocryphal) anecdote who ate a small, original Maurice Sendak drawing out of overwhelming love.
June 29, 2024
this is 100% canon and no one not even the author can convince me otherwise i am delusional
June 29, 2024
was it worth it? im so delusional this is a great ending. all the hidden easter eggs exposed in the annotations were amazing
July 2, 2024
THE WAY THIS SHORT BONUS STORY HEALED MY SOUL
June 5, 2024
This was EVERYTHING! Reading from Crow's perspective and his feelings during certain scenes in both book 1 and 2 brings a whole new layer to Crow and Zephyr's complicated relationship. I am so happy this exist :).
March 30, 2024
Perfect bonus epilogue indeed exists, and it's called 'In Another Life' 🤌
June 14, 2024
Yayyyyy
May 4, 2024
"You’re the lightning and the storm, the gale and the rain. Every day, no matter where I went, I remembered how it felt to suffer in your thrall. You demanded to be felt. But you couldn’t be held. Do you know what that’s like? Do you? Because the crimes you committed against me, those all came to an end. But this torment didn’t. So no, you cannot tell me to move on”—Crow brings a hand to her face—“because this was a torture you cannot comprehend.”
This healed my heart.🥺
This healed my heart.🥺
March 29, 2024
this was pure “torture” after “sound the gong” stabbed me in the heart. five stars 😄
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